Substance and Practice: Building Technology and the Royal Engineers in Canada

This study focuses on the work of the Royal Engineers who, between 1820 and 1870, built fortifications, barracks, storehouses, hospitals, prisons, offices, and civil structures in British North America. Focusing on the use of specific materials and building techniques, the book provides a complete picture of the complex practices employed. New Brunswick structures listed or depicted include buildings in Fredericton, Saint John, Woodstock, St. Andrews, Grand Falls, and the "Little Falls of the Madawaska" (Edmundston).